Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again it 's Bass , Mid and Treble and each pot has a recommended start setting of 12 o'clock to allow for cut or boost , which makes me wonder why these controls are labelled 0 to 10 — would n't -5 to +5 have been more sensible ? |
| 2 | He discarded his captain Wayne Shelford in a rather messy episode in mid-1990 only to find a few months later that Shelford 's replacement also had his faults . |
| 3 | Having been engaged in an undeclared war with China since 1937 Japan took advantage of the French defeat in 1940 both to close one of China 's last remaining links with the outside world , the Haiphong — Yunnan railway , and to begin her advance into Southeast Asia . |
| 4 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 5 | as oh that 's good , I feel that they 're now acid and alkalis , seem to be important , I 've done I 've put a lot of effort into them , maybe just a quick glance at those occasionally to keep up to date . |
| 6 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 7 | I think it 's more when we actually see people doing it , but it 's all , it 's a nice idea to give you a little bit of basic just to think about , and again we wo n't be expecting this to be demonstrated to the on this afternoon 's role page , you done all your preparations for that have n't you . |
| 8 | The last lockings are at the ridiculously early hour of 4.30 p.m. to give the lockkeepers time to finish duties before their tea . |
| 9 | An absence of information to aid the identification of those about to face a stressful event who would as a consequence be particularly susceptible to psychiatric disorder is obviously a good enough reason for not considering preventive intervention . |
| 10 | Liddell was remembered by survivors for his modesty , his unfailing good humour , and his exemplary Christian conduct throughout their time there — and despite his strict Sabbatarian principles , he even refereed hockey matches on Sundays , for the sake of the youngsters with little else to do . |
| 11 | Mexico was also the object of early Comintern interest : Moscow was keen to promote Communist activity in Mexico in order to distract the United States from intervening against the Soviet Union , and dispatched Mikhail Borodin in 1919 partly to achieve this end . |
| 12 | In answer to a common question from those about to embark on the F-Plan : No , it is not necessary to exercise in order to shed weight . |
| 13 | Now , could I , could I go through , cos I 'd like , I 'd like to at some stage ask you to do an exercise on this just to see first of all how complicated it is and then , at the end , how simple it is . |
| 14 | The Bladon and Woodstock Lenten study group meets again on Monday evening in the new Methodist Hall at 7.30 pm to study chapter 3 of ‘ God of Surprises ’ by Fr Gerry Hughes , SJ . |
| 15 | On a shelf was a pebble that had been polished by running water ; it was ovoid , a piece of granite about big enough to hold in a clenched fist ; a seam of quartz halved it on the diagonal . |
| 16 | so something erm I mean it , it just seems strange to me that , you know , something which has exist existed for thousands of years , you know , he 's suddenly sort of pooh-poohing so to speak , erm and I mean obviously the fact that there was a revolution twenty years later or whatever erm me means that something must have been wrong but erm you know i it 's strange how he 's suddenly criticizing and how the criticism has n't come before , how nothing 's happened before , how this seems an opportune moment for it to happen . |
| 17 | If it has taken two weeks of nail-biting finally to pluck up courage to visit a clinic , only to be greeted by an unsympathetic or gruff receptionist , who demands details you had not expected to have to give in a loud voice , the temptation to cut and run may be overwhelming . |
| 18 | I counted up all the unbroken sticks of pastel and you cunning so-and-sos had put twice the number of pieces of blue there to catch us out . |
| 19 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 20 | He played in six series against England and only in the last , in 1963 , did he fail with the bat ; other big scores included 191 not out , again at Nottingham , carrying his bat to help save the third Test of 1957 , and 197 not out at Barbados in the first match of 1959–60 again to ensure a draw after a big England innings . |
| 21 | Northward from Porta Venezia is a site with little enough to show the visitor but an impressive place in the Medieval history of both Milan and Europe . |
| 22 | He joined the team in 1989 specifically to design , launch and develop the quality in action suite of training programmes . |
| 23 | Slice the cake in half lengthways to form two long thin cakes . |
| 24 | The effective manager will apply lessons from one job to another both to alter current situations and to assist the future planning process . |
| 25 | In an attempt to respond to this need for training , WACC 's Pacific Regional Association has organised and funded four desktop publishing workshops since 1987 specifically to upgrade the skills of Christian communicators in the Pacific islands and help them to use the new technology to maximum effect . |
| 26 | and then you also pick that room and things like that just to demonstrate how that can be used |
| 27 | Do you need a day like this specifically to raise funds . |
| 28 | ‘ We have to be back in Duns by 8.30 am to start our riding which goes on until 2.00 . ’ |
| 29 | Indeed Mitterand 's Socialist government had to change its economic policies in 1983 partly to save EMS and good relations with West Germany , which was the dominant force in the ERM . |
| 30 | In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier . |